Geraldo Medina-Zamora v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Publisher	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Publication Date	13 May 1994
Type of Decision	93-70248
Cite as	Geraldo Medina-Zamora v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 13 May 1994, available at: https://www.refworld.org/cases,USA_CA_9,3ae6b67aa0.html [accessed 19 October 2022]
Comments	Submitted: 10 May, 1994; Filed: 13 May, 1994 The panel finds this case appropriate for submission without oral argument pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 34(a) and Ninth Cir. R. 34-4
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GERALDO MEDINA-ZAMORA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND
NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.
No. 93-70248 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
May 10, 1994, ** Submitted, San Francisco, California ** The panel finds this case appropriate for submission
without oral argument pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 34(a) and
Ninth Cir. R. 34-4.
May 13, 1994, Filed

Subsequent History: Reported in Table Case Format at: 24 F.3d 247.

Prior History:

Petition to Review a Decision of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. I&NS No. A27-151-009

Disposition:

DENIED.

Judges:

Before: NOONAN and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and EZRA, *** District Court *** The Honorable David A. Ezra, United States District Judge, for the District of Hawaii, sitting by designation.

Opinion:

MEMORANDUM *

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Cir. R. 36-3.

Gerald Medina-Zamora is a 37-year-old native of Nicaragua and citizen of both Nicaragua and Mexico, who entered the United States on a nonimmigrant temporary work visa on March 4, 1983. Ordered to show cause why he should not be deported for remaining in the United States longer than permitted, he conceded deportability and requested asylum. He contended that he had worked as an informant for the Central Intelligence Agency while he was living in Mexico.

The immigration judge did not find his testimony credible, and the Board of Immigration Appeals affirmed the denial of asylum. The Board specifically found that Medina's credibility was impaired by his unsupported claim to have worked for the CIA.

The Board's findings are supported by substantial evidence. See Berroteran-Melendez v INS, 955 F.2d 1251. Consequently, Medina-Zamora's petition is DENIED.

Geraldo Medina-Zamora v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Subsequent History: Reported in Table Case Format at: 24 F.3d 247.

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